Bands, Flags, Fireworks: Washington Celebrates America’s 249th Birthday

This year’s parade featured marching bands, fife and drum corps, military units, giant balloons, drill teams, floats, and equestrian groups.
Bands, Flags, Fireworks: Washington Celebrates America’s 249th Birthday
The annual National Independence Day parade in Washington on July 4, 2025. Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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WASHINGTON—Americans celebrated Independence Day with parades, picnics, and fireworks from coast to coast on July 4, but the nation’s capital once again captured the spotlight with its iconic annual parade on Constitution Avenue, followed by a spectacular fireworks display in the evening.

The National Independence Day Parade, a hallmark of July Fourth festivities in Washington, drew thousands of spectators to the National Mall.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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